Tie-back holder



April 17, 1934.

w. P. SIMMONS 1,955,152

TIE-BACK HOLDER Filed Aug. 17, 1933 5 g F INVENTOR.

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ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 17, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application August 17,

4 Claims.

This invention relates to tie-back holders for curtains and other like drapes, its principal object being to provide a bracket of simple construction to support a gathered curtain or the tie-back thereof in spaced relation to the window or door to which the drapery is applied.

Another object is to avoid by the use of a rigid bracket on which the tie-back is supported, the strain and wear to which laterally gathered drapes are ordinarily subjected.

In the accompanying drawing, two forms of tie-backs have been shown, one comprising a simple cord or band and the other a band provided with suspension rings. The holder made according to the present invention is adapted for the use of either kind of tie-back, and it may, moreover, be used for the direct suspension of drapes by means of rings attached to the same.

In the drawing, similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the views,

Figure 1 representing a face View of a part of a window, showing a tie-back and drape in position relative to a holder made in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is an enlarged elevation of a portion of the window-casing showing the holder in place thereon, without the drape or the tie-back,

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a similar section showing the application of a tie-back provided with rings for its suspension,

Figure 5 is a face View of the construction shown in Figure 4,

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of the holder per se, taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 4 and drawn to an enlarged scale,

Figure I is a similar view along the line 7-7 of Figure 4, and

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the holder.

Referring further to the drawing, the reference character 5. designates a window-casing, and 6 a curtain suspended in front of the same. Fastened to the upright portion 7 of the frame, in a downwardly slanting position is the holder of the present invention. The holder, as best shown in Figure 8, comprises a bracket having a flange 8 which is apertured for the reception of screws or nails by which it is fastened against the face of the part 7 of the window frame. Formed integrally with the flange, at an edge thereof, is an arm 9 which is offset forwardly relative to the flange by a short neck 10.

The arm, inclusive of its neck, is grooved longitudinally, as at 12, to provide a seat for the tieback and forwardly of the groove, are a number of prongs 13 bent outwardly from the arm and formed integrally therewith by punching or oth- 1933, Serial No. 685,591

er suitable method. The prongs serve to support a tie-back 14 laid in the groove of the arm, as in the form shown in Figure 3, or they may be employed as hooks for the suspension of rings 15 on the tie-back 16, illustrated in Figures 4 and 5. The bracket is strengthened by flanges 17 bent at right angles along the longitudinal edges of the same.

The tie-back 14 of Figures 1 and 3 comprises a cord which is laid in the: groove and around the gathered part of the drape. The cord is bent around the prong of the holder nearest its fastened end, and its ends are tied together by a knot 18 around the edge of the drape and the prong of the holder at the free or forward end thereof. In Figures 3 and4, the tie-back 16 consists of a flatband having the rings 15 for its suspension from the prongs, the band being placed around the drape, as in the first described form, and held in place by means of its rings placed upon the prong nearest the fastened end of the bracket.

It will be understood without further illustration that the drape itself may be provided with rings for its suspension in a gathered condition from the hook-shaped prongs of the bracket.

The offset arm holds the curtain in a forwardly spaced position relative to the window, and free from contact with the parts thereof, thereby keeping the drapery clean and giving ample room for raising and lowering the window or a shade suspended in front thereof. Figure 1 shows the holder applied for the suspension of a drape at one side of a window only, it being understood that at the other side of the same, a similar holder is used in a reversely slanting position.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A tie-back holder comprising a bracket adapted to be fastened at one end to an upright support, and having means including a groove,

providing a seat for a tie-back placed around the gathered portion of a drape in front of the support.

2. A tie-back holder comprising a bracket adapted to be fastened to an upright support and having an arm longitudinally grooved to form a seat for a tie-back, and means forwardly of the groove and cooperative therewith to hold the tieback in place.

3. A tie-back holder comprising a bracket adapted to be fastened to an upright support and having an arm longitudinally grooved to form a seat for a tie-back, and hook-shaped prongs forwardly of the groove and cooperative therewith to hold the tie-back in place.

4. A tie-back holder comprising a bracket adapted to be fastened to an upright support and having an arm provided with hook-shaped prongs for the suspension of a drape or the like.

WILLIAM I. SIMMONS. 

